New Ulm weekly review., 1887-02-23

relating to the park commissions; to amend the
charter OF Minneapolis regulating assessments
for public works: to detach ain; territory
from Independent School District No i in Red
wood county; to amend the act relating 20 the
board OF park commissioners of Minneapolis:
to authorize the: city of Minneapolis to issue
bonds; to amend the act relating to the treas
urer Mile Lacs county,: to anend the act to in
corporate the, village of Waterville: to
regnlats.the catching of fish in OtterTa1 county,
relating to city OF Northfeid: relating to liquor
at the Breck mission; memorial to congress for
an approximation: relating to judgments: to
prevent cattle from running at large in Cass
county; 10 authorize probate court. Hennepin
county. to grant license: to authorze Glencoe
to appropriate money; to abolish state board Of
immigration: TO restrain beasts from doing
damage: legaizing the town site Of Little Falls:
relating to the regulation Of St. Charles public
school Incorporating the village of Wadena:
amending section 2, chapter ZIG, General Laws
OF 1888 relating to attorneys: to provide for
taking depositions: providing for private con-
sultatlons b tween attorneys and prisoners;
amending article Of the constitution, TO pro-
Iect working people: to exclude persons from
certain trials: to reduce expenses IN supreme
court; granting certain powers to county COM
mIssi0ners.
The house defeated Donnelly's maximum
grain tariff by vote OF 50 to 80. Don
| nelly alleges bribery.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED
A bill to- amend chapter IL. Special Laws
| 1878, Incorporating the village of Watervlle:
| to regulate the catching OF fish in Lake Ann,
Wright county: authorizing the Saltwater school
district to issue bonds; authorizing COM
mlssloners OF Washington county to appoint
superintendent OF ths poor; reorganizing the
state agricultural society and comforting police
authorities on the board Of managers; increas-
| county from $3.50 to $1,000; authorizing ,
| payment OF expenses incurred by commission
% ers OF Marshall county y,,:fS fer hail sufferers:
Polk, Marshall and Kittson to pay expenses for
! typographical survey: amending section 20.
chapter 20. General Statutes 1878, relating to
fishways: relating to instruction in public
schools in physiology and hygiene; providing
| for payment of bount1es for the destruction Of
blackbirds and gophers: to establish and main
tain farmers institutes in Minnesota: amending
the law relating to duties OF county auditors;
authorizing the treasurer of Anoka county to
pay pay certain ain moneys to John P. Libby; forbid
ding the morteaging of crops before
the seed is sOwn and crop matured;
relating to actions for damages for injuries
| caused by negligence; to define the liabilisies
| OF railroad companies in relation to damages by
their employees; to require each township in Nc
| Leod county to support it's own poor: amend
! &C. General Statutes OF 1878, relating to the
causes for which new trials may be granted;
| amending section 210. chapter s. General Stat
| transferring certain duties now performed by
the state auditor to the public examiner: joint
resolution to memor1alize congress to extend the
| Tor defendants in criminal cases where de-
PENDANTS are destitute of means to pay therefor:
to exempt undertakers and their assistants from
! jury duty; amending section 3, CNapter B. re-
latlng to roads and bridges; amending section
! II, chapter 66. General Statutes 1873. relating
to time Ut commencing action: fixing and limit
| ing the fees OF jurors: amending the charter of
the city OF Minneapolis; detachtng territory
! from Morrison county, and attaching the same
| to the county OF Cass; an act for the relief OF
| James r Pond: authorizing change of bounda-
| r1es OF school districts in LIE Sueur county.
SENATE.
Not in session. WI. =.:.
HOUSE.
The session of the house had lust opened
yesterday morning when Mr. Donnelly sent
| up to the speakers chair the following reso
| luton:
| Resolved That the speaker is hereby directed
| to appoint special committee of five members
OF the house to inquire and report to this house
Whether any attempt has been made to corruptly
influence the members of this house in reference
| to the passage Of House File 238 The commit
| tee shall have power to issue subpenas and to
! send tor persons and papers, and to employ a
stenographer to report the testimony taken be-
tore 1t, and to- sic during the sessions OF the
| house The chairman OF the committee shall
called before the committee The COMMITTEES
shall have power to report at any time
The house defeated the Merrill text book
till by an overwhelming vote
IN THE SENATE
The graded high license bill of Senator
Scheffer was introduced.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
~! 10 authorize county commissioners Of Clay.
Wilkin, etc. to issue bonds for Typographical
survey. 0"A
SENATE BILLS PASSED
Ch1lds to regulate compensation Of county
commissioners in Mcleod county: Whiteman
to establish 9 bureau Of industry and statistics
IN Duluth; Swenson: to- legalize North Star
Eodee 10 &c NO E l. o. =, OF Minneapolis; schef-
park commissioners In St. Paul: Crandall. CON
ferr1nR the power OF franchises upon the com
MOI en &c eonnctl OF Owatonna: same to authorize
Schener, to authorize Hennepin and Ramsey
counties to issue bends for the Marshall avenue
Dr1dge: Hayden, to authorize city of Winona to
issue 100000 bonds for the W1nona e, Sonth
western railway. :
The senate judiciary committee has recon-
mended the bills to pass establishing a state
PUBIC school: liking the time of holding terms
OF court in the Eleventh judicial district: to
prevent the contractors for prison labor COM
RsI1ng b With the custom work Of artisans author
Of libel e.,N.'es ot''s Ae."sins 70 sne law
The soldiers home bill passed yeas Is.
nays 4. =
The house ~, Yesterday afternoon passed the
substitute bills for the legislative sessions
bill reported by the judiciary committee.
Ihe Dill for annual sessions provides that the
people shall vote on the amendment to the
CONSTITUTION Lna5 the sessions shall be annual
not to exceed sixty-fve legislative days. and
no bill shall be introduced in either house.
except on the written request of the gov.
ernor. during the last fifteen days of the
session The organization Of the house made
at the hrst session after the election Of the
same shall continue two years, and all un-
finished business at the close of the first
session shall continue over and be disposed
OF at the second session Of the same honse
The biennial bill provides for ninety-day
sessions, no bills to be introduced during the
last fifteen days. 8 81.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED
To detach certain portions of Casa conntv ana
attach to Crow Wing county; to prevent the
sale OF LIQUOR In the Seventh ward OF St. Paul:
shniers bill for the relief OF exsolders, sailors
ana marines: to hx the salaries of judge Of pro-
pate and assessor OF Ramsey county; to amend
the charter, OF the city Of Stillwater: to amend
tne constitution relating to annual legislative
sessions and one for biennial sessions; to reeu-
late slaughter houses in the Seventh ward: 70
amend the city charter OF Faribault: authorizina
Anoka 70 issne bonds to build railroad from